Accordingly, I can unreservedly advise all those 64 owners with a compatible mouse to rush out and buy Op Wolf immediately. However, all you joystick wielders (the large majority by far) should saunter out casually and purchase it at your leisure - and get a mouse, too.

Operation Wolf was never a game to test your brain-power - it's undiluted mayhem and mass murder all the way. The 8-bit versions of the game are surprisingly faithful to the original coin-op: not only has all the action and gameplay been captured but so has the excitement, making it one of the most satisfying and compulsive shoot-em-ups to have appeared in a long time.